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Here is the abstract (article summary) for one gem:
Martin Luther King, Jr. consistently
allowed Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son” significant places in his public
speeches and sermons from 1956 to 1967. Charting no fewer than thirteen overt
references to this poem reveals that it has been overlooked despite the fact
that it even appears in King’s dramatic “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on
August 28, 1963.
In addition to tracing the trajectory
of this poem within King’s speeches, this article also documents the political tensions
that persuaded King to decide against referencing Hughes’s poem overtly, choosing
instead to allude quietly to it. These clear and abrupt shifts result in part from
false, yet potent accusations of Communist activity levied against both Hughes and
the civil rights movement. Analyzing King’s use of this poem demonstrates how
Langston Hughes’s poetry became a measurable inflection in the voice of Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Miller, W. Jason. "“Don’t Turn
Back”: Langston Hughes, Barack Obama, and Martin Luther King, Jr." African
American Review 46.2/3 (2013): 425. Biography Reference Bank (H.W.
Wilson). Web. 4 Apr. 2016.
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